Bracket.



PATENTED NOV. 14, 1905n C. SGHRAUBSTADTER.

BRACKET.

APPLICATION HLED yBB.23,19o5.

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Z7 @Mkt/ am No. 804,435. PATENTED NOV. 14, 1905. C. SGHRAUBSTADTER.

BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.23. 1905.

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' nmmnm'A UNITED 4STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL SCHRAUBSTADTER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO INLAND TYPEFOUNDRY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF- MIS- SOURI.

BRACKET..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1905.

To all whom it may concern;

Beit known that I, CARL SOHRAUBSTADTER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of St. Louis, and State of Missouri, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Brackets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to brackets, and especially to brackets fortype-cabinets, portfoliocabinets, and the like.

It has for its principal objects to provide a folding bracket which willmove laterally as it is raised and lowered, to provide alaterally-movable folding bracket which will be simple and can becheaply manufactured, to provide a bracket for cabinets which will beout of the path of the drawers thereof when it is raised and will be inposition to support to be used. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side View of thecabinet and bracket, the bracket-arm being shown in its raised positionin full lines and in its lowered position in dotted lines. Fig. 4 is aplan view, on an enlarged scale, of the bracket, the arm being in itslowered position. Fig. 5 is a side view of the bracket, a portion onlyof the arm being shown in its lowered position. Fig. 6 is a verticalcentral sectional view through the base of the bracket, the arm beingremoved. Fig. 7 is a View similar to Fig. 6, a fragment of the arm beingin place in its lowered position. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of afragment of the arm, showing the laterally-projecting cams thereon. ig.9 is a front view of a modilication of the bracket, a fragment of thearm being shown in its lowered position. Fig. l0 is a view similar toFig. 9, the arm being shown in its raised position; and Figs. l1 and 12are plan views of the modified bracket in the positions shown in Figs. 9and 10, respectively.

In high cabinets of drawers-such, for example, as type-case cabinets,portfolio-cabinets, and the like-the upper cases or drawers are up sohigh and the lower cases or drawers are down so low that they cannot beused conveniently. Hence it is desirable to remove the inaccessiblecases or drawers from the cabinet when they are to be used and to putthem in a position convenient for use. The brackets herein described areintended for attachment to cabinets at a convenient height from the ioorto aford a rest upon which the cases or drawers can be placed when inuse. The brackets will necessarily project in front of the cabinets.l/Vhen they are not in use, it is desirable to have them out ofthe way.Hence the brackets are made to fold up so as to raise the arms thereof.The brackets must have ledges or flanges projecting inwardly beyond thesides of the cases or drawers in order to support the latter. If thebrackets were folded straight up,tliese ledges or flanges would projectinto the path of adjacent drawers. To avoid this,the brackets are soconstructed that the arms will move laterally as they are raised, andthey are thus carried out of the path of the cases or drawers in thecabinet.

The bracket comprises a base l to be secured to a cabinet and an arm 2.The base 1 comprises a portion L-shaped in plan and is thus adapted toembrace the corner of a cabinet. While this is the preferred form, it isobvious that the base might comprise a fiat plate simply. Ears 3 4extend forwardly from the L-shaped portion. The ear 3 on the side towardthe drawers or cases will be spoken of as the inner ear and the ear 4will be spoken of as the "outer ear. The arm 2 is pivoted between saidears 3 4, being carried on a screw 5, which passes through one ear andhas screw-threaded engagement with the other ear. Of course a pin couldbe riveted in the ears and would serve the same purpose; but theconstruction shown is preferred, as thedbracket is easily assembled anddisassemble The inner ear 3 is provided with two lateral projections 67, arcuate in plan and terminating in inclined surfaces. The upperprojection-6 has an angular extent of a little less than `ninetydegrees, begins near the vertical line passing through the center of thescrew 5 and extends downwardly and rear IOO IOS

wardly, the inclined surface of the projection receding from the earfrom the front upper end to the lower rear end. The lower projection 7is diametrically opposite the upper projection 6 and is similar to it.It has an angular extent of about ninety degrees, begins near thevertical line passing through the screw 5 and extends upwardly andforwardly, the inclined surface receding from the ear from the lowerrear end to the front upper end.

The arm 2 has a substantially circular head 8, through which the screw 5passes. Annularfrecesses 6a 7 a, capable of receiving the projections 67 on the ear 3, are provided at the periphery of said head. Concentricwith such recesses and lying between them projections 9 1() are providedon the face of the head 8 opposite the ear 3. These projections aresimilar to the projections 6 7 on the ear 3. The outer ear 4 is providedwith annular recesses 9a 10a opposite the projections 6 7 on the ear 3and have a sufficient extent to receive the projections 9 10 on the arm2.

The arm 2 is L-shaped in cross-section, having an inner lateral flange11, upon which the cases or drawers may rest when in use.

The parts are preferably made of malleable castings and assembledwithout machining. To prevent any wabbling due to inaccuracy of thecastings, when the arm is in its raised position a lug 12 is provided onthe base of the bracket. The upper iiange of the arm will rest againstsaid lug 12 when the arm is raised and will be laterally supportedthereby.

The operation of the bracket will now be described.

Assume that the arm is in its raised position, as shown in Fig. 1. Theprojections 9 10 now lie in the annular recesses of the ear 4 of thebase. When the arm is pulled down, the projections 9 y1() will engagethe front and rear edges of such recesses, respectively, and thus thearm will be forced to move laterally and inwardly as it turns upon itspivot. The

walls of the recesses engaged by the projections are beveled to secure asmooth working' of the parts. As the arm moves downwardly and laterallythe projections 6 7 on the ear 3 enter the annular recesses of the head8 of the arm. When the arm 2 reaches a horizontal position, the frontand rear walls of the recesses respectively strike the shoulder formedby lower and upper ends of the projections 6 7, respectively, asindicated in Fig. 7. The arm is thus firmly supported in its horizontalposition. When the arm is raised from the horizontal position, the head8 thereof rides upon the inclined surface of the projections 6 7 on theear 3, and the arm is thus moved laterally and outwardly. Vhen the armsare in their horizontal positions, .the inner faces of their verticalianges are far enough apart to admit a type case or drawer between them,while their horizontal or lateral flanges are in position to support thesame. 'When the arms are raised, the inner edges of their lateral angesare far enough apart to permit a type case or drawer to pass betweenthem.

A modified bracket serving the same general purpose as thepreferredgbracket described above is illustrated in Figs. 9 to 12. Thebase 13 has an L-shaped portion from which ears -14 15 projectforwardly. These ears are so shaped as to support a pivot-pin or screw16 in an inclined position in a horizontal plane. An arm 17 is pivotedupon said inclined pivotpin or screw 16. The arm is so shaped that whenit lies in a horizontal position the major portion of it will beperpendicular to the front of the cabinet. When the arm is raised. itwill be caused to swing out of the path of the drawers or cases in thecabinet on account of the inclination of the pivot.

Obviously my device is capable of considerable modification within thescope of my invention, and therefore I do not wish to be limited to thespecific construction shown and described.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A bracket comprisinga base, an arm pivoted on said base to turn abouta substantially horizontal axis, and means to move said arm laterally asit moves pivotally, said means being arranged to hold said arm at one ofthe extreme positions assumed during its lateral movement while said armoccupies either eX- treme of its pivotal movement.

2. A bracket comprising a base having forwardly-projecting ears, asubstantially horizontal pivot mounted in said ears, an arm on saidpivot, projections on the inner side of one of said ears arranged tobear on said arm, the bearing-surfaces of said projections beinginclined, and projections on said arm arranged to bear upon the other ofsaid ears, the bearing-surfaces of said projections being inclined,whereby said arm will be caused to move laterally as it moves pivotallyand said lateral movement is limited in both directions.

3. A folding bracket comprising abase, an arm pivotally mounted on saidbase, means to cause said arm to move laterally as it moves pivotally,and a stop on said base to support said arm when it is folded up.

L1. A bracket comprising a base provided with forwardly-projecting ears,inclined projections on the inner side of one of said ears and eachterminating in a shoulder, an arm pivotally mounted between said earsand having recesses arranged to receive said projections and eachterminating at one end in a wall arranged to engage one of saidshoulders when said arm is in its lowermost position.

'5. The combination of a cabinet, drawers therein, and folding bracketssecured to the opposite sides of said cabinet and comprising armspivotally mounted to turn about a substantially horizontal axis andarranged to sup- IOO ISO

port any one of said drawers when in their lowermost position and toswing out of the path of said drawers when raised.

6. The combination of a cabinet, drawers therein, and brackets securedto the opposite sides of said cabinet and comprising arms pivotallymounted to turn about a substantially horizontal axis and provided withflanges, said flanges being arranged to support any one of 10 saiddrawers when said arms are in their lowermost position and to.be movedout oi' the path of said drawers when raised.

1n testimony whereoil I have signed my name to this speoifieation,inthe'presenee of two subscribing witnesses, this 20th day of February, I5

CARL SCHRAUBSTADTER.

In presence of- FRED F. REISNER, J. B. MEGowN.

